Cigarette rolling form



July 6, 1943.

A. H. HOOD, JR

CIGARETTE ROLLING FORM Filed March' 17, 1942 I nve Mar, 941% flrflvadh,

by his attorney, 5

Patented July 6, 1943 CIGARETTE ROLLING FORM Arthur H. Hood, .ln,Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to Max N. Carol, as trustee ApplicationMarch 17, 1942, .Serial No. 434,997

2 Claims. (01. 131-58) This invention relates to cigarette rollin forms.

Various metal and other devices have been made and sold to assist anindividual in rolling or forming his own cigarettes, using a specialpaper wrapper, sold for the purpose. Such devices are comparativelyexpensive and are not handy to carry around for use, when needed.

It is therefore one of the objects of my invention to provide a simplecigarette rolling form, that can easily be carried in ones pocket,having the said form made of suitable, semi-stiff,

sheet material, which is preferably somewhat elastic and which can beeasily bent to the same radius of curvature as that of a cigarette,without cracking at its curved outer surface.

Another object is to provide a sheet, cigarette rolling form, which,while fulfilling the above named object, will be preferably narrowerthan a regular size of cigarette paper wrapper, so that when rolling acigarette Within the form, a longitudinal edge of the wrapper, can comenext to and outside of the outer longitudinal edge of the form, whensaid form is rolled, exposing said longitudinal Wrapper edge.

A further object is to have one or both ends of said form tapered, andat the same time have the form a little longer, from end to end, thanthe length of the cigarette wrapper, so that when a cigarette is rolledwithin the form, and is still coiled about the formed cigarette, therewill be a greater exposure of the cigarette wrapper where the inclinededge of the tapered end of the form recedes from the edge of thewrapper, enabling the one rolling the cigarette, to contact a greaterarea of the cigarette and thus get a better frictional hold thereon, towithdraw the same from the still coiled form. The tapered end of thecoiled form, extending beyond the cigarette Within, becomes stiff, whencurved, so that when the formed cigarette is gripped, the stiff, curved,blunt, point of the tapered end of the form, will resist flat crushingof the cigarette end when it i gripped.

With these and other objects, which will hereinafter appear, myinvention resides in certain construction of a guiding sheet formadapted for rolling a cigarette, one embodiment of which form isillustrated in the accompanying drawing, its construction is described,its use is explained, and what I claim is set forth.

In the drawing,

Figure l is a plan of an ordinary cigarette paper wrapper.

Figure'2 is a plan of the cigarette rolling form embodying my invention.

Figure 3 is a top plan of the said form having the cigarette wrappersuperimposed, in initial position thereon.

Figure 4 is an edge view of the cigarette paper wrapper as laid upon acurved rolling form.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the cigarette wrapper and accompanyingform, held in trough formation, with tobacco laid therein.

Figure 6 is a top plan of the formed cigarette coiled within the form.

Figure 7 is an enlarged end View of the cigarette, within the coiledform as shown in Figure 6.

In the figures, I0 is the cigarette rolling form, preferably made ofsuitable elastic and semi-stiff, sheet paper material of a thicknes thatcan easily be coiled, without cracking at the convex surface. The form I0 is shown to have a lon base line or upper edge II, and tapered ends I2and I3. As shown in Figure 2, the tapered ends I2 and I3 each terminatesin a short line 22, substantially parallel to the base line I I, so thatthe tapered ends are preferably blunt and of a width adapting either endto afford a curved support to the contacting end of the cigarette, whilethis end is exposed above to be gripped. No particular outlinedformation of the side lines I5 and I6, of the tapered ends is required.Any formation of tapered end, other than that shown in full lines can beused, if the shape thereof, when rolling a cigarette, leaves exposed adefinite area, at an adjoining end of the rolled-in cigarette wrapperI1, as at I8 or I9, for a practical, frictional grip, when one is aboutto withdraw the cigarette from the coiled form. As shown, the inclinedor sloping lines I5 and I 6, of the tapered ends l2 and I3,respectively, merge into the short line 22, which preferably iapproximately parallel with the base line II. While only one tapered endof the form is needed at a time, the taperin of both ends affords achoice of ends, when the form is used.

In operation, the user takes a cigarette paper wrapper, as H, which isshown to have a gummed edge 23, although a wrapper without a gummed edgemay be used, and places the Wrapper I'I upon the form l0, and in thecase of one with a gummed edge 23, this edge is held uppermost andrelatively positioned upon the form Iii, as shown in Figure 3, with thelong edge II, of the form I9, spaced below the gummed edge 23, of thewrapper I1. Next, he holds these pieces horizontal, with the wrapper ontop of the form,

and with the short edge 22, toward him, then while still holding thepieces horizontal, he distributes tobacco 24, along the mid-line, of thewrapper I1, and turns up the sides to form a trough 29, as shown inFigure 5, with the tobacco 24 in the bottom of the trough with the formin on the outside and the wrapper ll between the tobzacco 24 and theform I0. He then slightly rolls the trough portion, of the form lbetween the fingers and thumbs, to better consolidate th tobacco into adenser cylinder, after which, he turns the wrapper portion, which isnext to the short edge 22, away from him and down upon the tobacco 24,and rolls it and the edge '22 in, and continues the rolling until hebrings the gummed surface 23 (when a gummed edged wrapper is used) downtoward himself, on top of the coiled form [0, as shown in Figure 6.After this is done, while still holding the form In in coiled formation,he slightly releases his grip on the coil, and with one hand holding thecoil, he places a finger or thumb, (of the other hand), on one end ofthe formed cigarette, as at 18, and taking hold, pulls the cigarettepartly out of the coiled form if) to some such position as shown by thedotted outline 26, and before pulling the cigarette out further, hemoistens the end of the gummed edge 23, or a similar end of an ungu'mmedwrapper, and sticks it down onto the body of the wrapper ll, then pullsthe cigarette free from the form [0, after which he further moistens andfinishes the sticking down of the edge 23 and, after fully withdrawingthe formed cigarette, he, while holding the same rolled, moistens thefull length of the edge 23 and sticks it all down from end to end, ofthe cigarette.

After thus forming the cigarette, any projecting tobacco can be cut oilby shears, close to the rolled Wrapper ends.

By initially curving the form l0, as shown in Figure 4, the rollingoperation, in making the first cigarette, is facilitated, however, afterthe first few cigarettes are made with form [0, it becomes permanentlycurved a little. The form II] is preferably made from some suitablesheet material, as paper or some other stock that is somewhat elastic,so that when not held coiled, it will return to a slightly curvedformation.

While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention,modifications thereof can be made without departing from the spirit ofmy invention. I therefore wish to include all forms which come withinthe scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A form adapted for rolling a cigarette, said form consisting of asheet body made of semistiff, elastic rollable material, and a taperedend to said body, adapted, when holding a cigarette, its wrapper andtobacco rolled within said form, to expose part of a wrapper end of saidcigarette for withdrawal purposes.

2. A sheet form adapted for rolling a cigarette wrapper around a line oftobacco contained thereon, said form having a tapered end, said formbeing a little longer than said Wrapper, thereby afiording curved andstrengthening support to the rolled-in cigarette end adjoining thetapered end of said form, and at the same time,

the sloping, rolled edge of the tapered end receding from the end of therolled-in wrapper, exposing part of said wrapper end for gripping andwithdrawal purposes,

ARTHUR H. HOOD, JR.

